Stuff 12/29/08

Howard the Duck is now available in its entirety at Hulu.

Disney has decided not to fund the third Narnia film, The Dawn Treader. The production company is looking elsewhere for the necessary monies. Good luck to them, it’s a pretty good series.

Arrested Development creator Michael Hurwitz has implied that Michael Cera is the main holdout (hopefully just for the present) for an Arrested Development reunion movie. OK, I can live with that. However, Gilligan’s Island creator Sherwood Schwartz is pushing for a movie version of that old show, and wants Michael Cera to play Gilligan. I can’t imagine Cera, who has made noises about quitting acting entirely, taking on that gig while embargoing an Arrested Development film. However, if he did, clearly he should be kidnapped by somebody like that Saw guy.

I don’t think I was clear enough in my earlier note about Fox winning the first round of court cases in it’s suit against Warner’s Watchman movie (the right to which earlier belonged to Fox). Apparently they still do, because although the judge urged the companies to come to a voluntary settlement, he actually did find that Fox has the right to distribute the film. Who watches the Watchmen? At the moment, nobody.

Goodbye, Eartha Kitt. You were the best Catwoman of them all.

Two trailers. This is a new movie, and I’d love to see it hit theaters:

This actually isn’t a trailer, but preview footage from a comics con. Hence’ the bad quality is it was probably filmed on a cell phone. Far cooler than it has any right to be, though:

  • Brad

    YES!!!

    You have no idea how long us nerdboys have been waiting for that one!

  • Jimmy

    Okay, was I the only person who genuinely believed that Black Dynamite was actually a real 70’s blaxploitation form the trailer?

  • I have a copy of the Fox Watchmen script from the first attempt. It’s really terrible, especially if you love the novel like I do. I mean, it freaking ends with the Watchmen “crossing over” into our universe. I guarantee it’s the main reason why Alan Moore wants nothing to do with a film adaptation.

  • The Rev. D.D.

    Well, that and what’s been done in prior attempts at adaptation of his work…

  • John Nowak

    Afraid I’m not looking forward to Watchmen. I think it’s about as “filmable” as Name of the Rose.

    It’s a shame about Dawn Treader. I liked Prince Caspian, although my friend and I agreed it probably wouldn’t be popular once we saw it. One aspect I really liked was a meticulously planned commando mission behind enemy lines which went south. However, the religious allegory got muddled in my opinion.

  • Grumpy

    That’s the second “Black Dynamite” trailer around, isn’t it? I’d swear I’ve seen another — with entirely different clips in it. Like the movie is nothing but a string of 100 60-second scenes.

    As for the sequel, how is the title pronounced? “Tra-toon?”

  • Sandy Petersen

    I wonder if the reason they wussed out on “Dawn Treader” is because of the huge special effects budget it would presumably have, with all the wild and wacky islands visited. Anyone know if it’s cheaper or more expensive to set stuff aboard a ship?